5 Best-Performing S&P 500 Stocks of 2011

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According to Jake Lynch, "The S&P 500 Index has fallen 3.1% from its 52-week high, recorded a month ago, as investors moved out of riskier assets, including commodities. ... Amid the correction, leadership has shifted to defensive sectors, like health care, consumer staples and utility stocks, which were previously bull-market laggards. In the past four weeks, S&P telecommunications stocks delivered a median return of 6.4% and health-care shares gained 4.2%." Read more here.